Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD, FAHA, CCSH
Center Director
The overall focus of Dr. St-Onge’s research is the study of the impact of lifestyle, specifically sleep and diet, on cardio-metabolic risk factors. Dr. St-Onge has been NIH-funded ...more
Brooke Aggarwal, EdD, MS, CHES
Dr. Brooke Aggarwal is a behavioral scientist and clinical health education specialist in the Division of Cardiology, ...more
Billy A. Caceres, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
Dr. Billy Caceres conducts observational research to understand psychological and physiological mechanisms that link adverse life experiences ...more
Dustin T. Duncan, ScD
Dr. Duncan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where he directs Columbia’s Spatial Epidemiology Lab ...more
Kathleen Frazier
Kathleen Frazier is a sleep activist (advocating for healthy sleep as a basic human right), Reiki master, and candidate in Columbia University's MS Narrative Medicine Program. ...more
Sanja Jelic, MD
The laboratory is conducting research on the molecular mechanisms that mediate vascular endothelial activation and increased cardiovascular risk in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). ...more
Blandine Laferrère, MD, PhD
The focus of Dr. Laferrère’s research is the link between obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk, and the effect of weight loss and lifestyle interventions. ...more
Eleanor McGlinchey, PhD
DDr. Eleanor McGlinchey is an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology at Fairleigh Dickinson University with a research appointment in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University ....more
Jared O’Garro-Moore
Dr. O’Garro-Moore is an Assistant Professor of Medical Psychology in the Psychiatry Department of Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. O’Garro-Moore received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Temple University. ...more
Yueqing Peng, PhD
In the Peng lab, we apply a multidisciplinary approach including electrophysiology, calcium imaging, optogenetics, chemogenetics, pharmacology, ...more
Ari Shechter, PhD
Dr. Ari Shechter conducts laboratory-based experiments, observational studies, and clinical interventions to understand the biobehavioral pathways ...more
Mimi Shirasu-Hiza
I work on circadian-regulated physiologies such as innate immune cell function, metabolism, and sleep in the context of disease using Drosophila ...more
Lauren C. Shuffrey, PhD
Dr. Lauren Shuffrey is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Shuffrey's research is focused on identifying early risk factors ...more
Angeliki Tsapanou, PhD
My main interest is the human brain function, and more precisely, its relation with factors as sleep. I have a great interest in exploring how sleep problems ...more
Faris M. Zuraikat, PhD
My research expertise is in the study of human ingestive behavior and obesity. I have worked on controlled feeding studies assessing influences ...more